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I think the comic might not try to actually promote driving into trucks ๐
Though I'm glad you have that struggle behind you
The last thing someone in this state of mind needs is a reminder that this is an easy possibility. A family member drove truck until someone did this to him. He had to go on comp because the PTSD prevented him from driving ever again and to add insult he got addicted to painkillers from his back injury.
This comic is in bad taste for both making light of the subject of suicide and painting the ill person in such an unsympathetic way. If anyone out there is having dark thoughts at least have the decency not to ruin someone else's life in the process. Ideally, get help, but don't do this.
There's not really any way to suicide that won't fuck up someone else. You never know what straw makes someone take that final step or influence their plan. Acting as if there are eggshells everywhere is also harmful as then nothing can be talked about. Are parents supposed to hide their kids from couples with a dead child or history of miscarriage? Should saving private Ryan have skipped the d-day scene?
The comic simply notes a common thought "the call of the void" and the unfun realization of hearing said call. What someone takes away from a piece of art is theirs not the artists.